The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-12-01
THE DANv1LLE TOBACCO FAIR.

THE DANvILLE TOBACCO FAIR.
The Golden Weed Holds High Carni-
val in the City on the Dan.
Special Correspon tence Of TIE Sentinel.
Last week Virginia and North Car
DINA joined hands, took long grip,
big chew and social smoke togeth-
er over in Danville. If there is one
thing that will make men more friend
ly and companionable than usual, it
is tobacco The old Indians discover
ed this fact, and their example has
been followed by Carolinians and
Virginians since the days when Sir
Walter Raleigh got ducking from
his unsophisticated servant and Chas.
Lamb wrote his rhymes about the
fragrant weed. Last week Virginia
filled up big "Pipe of Peace" lnvit-
ed North Carolina over the line and
they had big time oft.
! In the morning came the parade.
First came the members of the Tobac-
CO Association in full force, wearing
the gold leaf on their hats and walk
ing with tobacco sticks. Capt T. J..
Talbot, of Danville, was in command
of these.
Mr.. R. D. Flynn, of North Dan
vile had an ingenious device in the
procession which showed the cold
way" of hauling tobacco to market
an axle passing through hogs head
and drawn by an OK. Following this
was the "new way"-a large float
drawn by four horses, and bearing a
large hogshead of tobacco upon which
were the words: "Welcome to the Wis
itor."
Then came all the novelties of a
trade parade gorgeous floats, cigar
cabins, big hogsheads and piles of
boxes, in fact almost everything you
can imagine that can be made from
tobacco. The warehouses and deale rs
made handsome thing of it and I
heard it praised on all sides,
After parading we filed to the
Academy of Music, where Capt. T. J..
Talbot intro1 uced Col. r. B. Davis,
of Hickory, N. c., as speaker of the
occasion. l shall not attempt to re-
produce the Colonel's address, would
do him injustice, but 1 wish to note
one or two points Sensible like the
MANI that | think would be of value
to the SENTINEL's farmer friends.
Don't. don't raise so much tobacco
make it better-it will pay you to cut
down the quantity and improve the
quality.
An occasional short CROP, this year
for example, cuts it down slightly but
there is steady and unhealthy in
crease of this surplus that means no
good to the farmer, and his only hope
is to raise less and make it better.
North Carolina certainly did "git
there with four feet" Her tobacco
was fine, her men wide-awake and
business-ike,and she simply removed
the tattered linen from the sprig of
verdure"-she took the premiums.
append some of the prize win
ners:
Glass A, bright wrappers-1. R L
Williamson, Wake county, N G. 2.
w III Holloway, Durham county n
G. 8. c T Garrett, Madison county
NC.
Glass B, bright Mahogany wrap
pers-J S Bennett, Pittsylvania coun-
ty, Va; 2. A. N. Anderson, CasweE
county, N. c.; 8. w. II. Gillett,
Rockingham county, N. G.
Glass D. fine bright cutting leaf. L.
Ballou & Gudger, Madison county,
N. c.; 2. Laws & Grant, Halifax
county, Va; 3. Dabney HARRY, Lun-
| enburg county, Va
Glass F, fine bright filters. 1. T. J.
Wills, Pittsylvania county, Va; 2.
Travis & White, Caswell county, n. G.
Capt. Shows barn was there, so was
the Captain, and he is a "jolly good
fellow. He is one of those bright,
keen-eyed, good hearted Yankees that
have come down here in North Caro-
lima to do us good.
After the regular sales was over
they bid on the premium tobacco and
my! how the prices did whiz The
fret premium mahogany filters were
bid in at $3.50 per hundred pounds
first premium bright cutters at 1912
first premium bright mahogany wrap
pers at $140,-and when bright wrap
pers were reached, prices scared. The
first premium brought $3.50; the sec
ond $500, and the third $3.50.
After the sale the Winston band
struck up Dixie, and you ought to
have heard them yell! They did it
with true old southerner's vim and
spirit. The fair was success.
Among the visiting Tarheels 1 mott
ced Messrs. M. w. Norheet, E. C. Ed
munds, J. E. Gilmer, Sterling Smith,
B. ]. Sheppard, F. A. Coleman, R. L..
Gambler, E. L. Jones and J. Spencer of
| Winston; j. s. Carr, E. J. Parrish, C..
! NJ. Holdin, Albert Kramer and Tom
| Martin of Durham; w. 81. Smoot, @. A.
Lewis and j. B. Gary of Henderson; w.
T. Lipscomb and A. M. Parker of Raj
| eigh; w. A. Adams and j. F. Rogers of
Oxford; NJ. H. Pinnix of Reidsville and
Capt. Drummond of Asheville. There
were many more whose names escape